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Unit 2 Terms

Unit 2 Terms

Perception 

Perception

Bottom-Up Processing

Top-Down Processing 

Schemas 

Perceptual Set

Attention 

Selective Attention 

Cocktail Party Effect

Inattentional Blindness

Depth Perception

Visual Cliff

Binocular Cues 

Convergence

Retinal Disparity 

Monocular Cues 

Relative Clarity 

Relative Size 

Texture Gradient 


Change Blindness 

Gestalt Psychology 

Closure 

Figure and Ground (figure-ground)

Grouping

Proximity 

Similarity

Linear Perspective 

Interposition 

Perceptual Constancies

Color Constancy

Perceptual Adaptation  

Apparent Motion

Stroboscopic Movement 

Phi Phenomenon

Autokinetic Effect 



Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgements, and Desicion-Making

Cognition 

Metacognition

Concept

Prototype

Schema 

Executive Functions

Algorithm 

Heuristic 

Representativeness Heuristic 

Availability Heuristic

Mental Set 

Priming

Framing 


Introduction to Memory

Nudge

Gambler’s Fallacy 

Sunk-Cost Fallacy 

Functional Fixedness

Insight 

Intuition 

Overconfidence 

Creativity 

Divergent Thinking 

Convergent Thinking

Memory

Explicit Memory                                    Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) 

Working Memory                                  Episodic Memory

Visuospatial Sketchpad                       Semantic Memory

Long-Term Memory                              Implicit Memory

Multi-Store Model                                 Procedural Memory

Sensory Memory                                  Prospective Memory        

Neurogenesis




Encoding Memories

Encode 

Mnemonic Devices 

Method of Loci 

Chunking 

Categories 

Hierarchies 

The Spacing Effect 

Massed Practice 

Distributed Practice 

Serial Position Effect 

Primacy Effect 

Recency Effect


Storing Memories

Sensory Memory 

Short-Term Memory 

Working Memory 

Long-Term Memory

Memory Consolidation 

Maintenance Rehearsal 

Elaborative Rehearsal 

Autobiographical Memory 

Flashbulb Memory

Retrograde Amnesia 

Anterograde Amnesia 

Infantile Amnesia


Retrieving Memories

Retrieval 

Recall 

Recognition 

Relearning

Retrieval Cues 

Priming

Encoding Specificity Principle

Context-Dependent Memory 

Mood-Congruent Memory 

State-Dependent Memory 

Testing Effect 

Meta Cognition 

Interleaving


Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges

The Forgetting Curve 

Encoding Failure 

Proactive Interference 

Retroactive Interference 

Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon 

Reconsolidation

Misinformation Effect 

Source Amnesia 

Deja Vu

Constructive Memory 

Memory Consolidation 

Imagination Inflation


Intelligence and Achievement

Intelligence

General Intelligence (g)

Factor Analysis

Fluid Intelligence (Gf)

Crystallized Intelligence (Gc)

Stanford-Binet                       Intelligence Quotient (IQ) 

Mental Age 

Wechsler-Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) 

Psychometrics

Standardization

Normal Curve

Valid

Flynn Effect 

Cross-Sectional Study

Longitudinal Study 

Cohort

Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory (CHC)

Multiple Intelligences 

Savant Syndrome 

Grit 

Emotional Intelligence

Content Validity 

Construct Validity 

Predictive Validity

Reliable 

Test-Retest Reliability 

Split-Half Reliability 

Stereotype Threat 

Stereotype LIft 

Achievement Tests

Aptitude Tests 

Fixed Mindset 

Growth Mindset


Needed Terms/Concepts From Past Units

Frontal Lobe role in memory

Standard Deviation

Correlation Coeficients

Meta Analysis

P-Value (Statistical Significance)

Effect Size

Agonist

Antagonist

Serotonin

AcH

Dopamine

Norephinephrine

GABA

Glutamate

Case Study

Correlational Study


Unit 2 Terms

Unit 2 Terms

Perception 

Perception

Bottom-Up Processing

Top-Down Processing 

Schemas 

Perceptual Set

Attention 

Selective Attention 

Cocktail Party Effect

Inattentional Blindness

Depth Perception

Visual Cliff

Binocular Cues 

Convergence

Retinal Disparity 

Monocular Cues 

Relative Clarity 

Relative Size 

Texture Gradient 


Change Blindness 

Gestalt Psychology 

Closure 

Figure and Ground (figure-ground)

Grouping

Proximity 

Similarity

Linear Perspective 

Interposition 

Perceptual Constancies

Color Constancy

Perceptual Adaptation  

Apparent Motion

Stroboscopic Movement 

Phi Phenomenon

Autokinetic Effect 



Thinking, Problem-Solving, Judgements, and Desicion-Making

Cognition 

Metacognition

Concept

Prototype

Schema 

Executive Functions

Algorithm 

Heuristic 

Representativeness Heuristic 

Availability Heuristic

Mental Set 

Priming

Framing 


Introduction to Memory

Nudge

Gambler’s Fallacy 

Sunk-Cost Fallacy 

Functional Fixedness

Insight 

Intuition 

Overconfidence 

Creativity 

Divergent Thinking 

Convergent Thinking

Memory

Explicit Memory                                    Long-Term Potentiation (LTP) 

Working Memory                                  Episodic Memory

Visuospatial Sketchpad                       Semantic Memory

Long-Term Memory                              Implicit Memory

Multi-Store Model                                 Procedural Memory

Sensory Memory                                  Prospective Memory        

Neurogenesis




Encoding Memories

Encode 

Mnemonic Devices 

Method of Loci 

Chunking 

Categories 

Hierarchies 

The Spacing Effect 

Massed Practice 

Distributed Practice 

Serial Position Effect 

Primacy Effect 

Recency Effect


Storing Memories

Sensory Memory 

Short-Term Memory 

Working Memory 

Long-Term Memory

Memory Consolidation 

Maintenance Rehearsal 

Elaborative Rehearsal 

Autobiographical Memory 

Flashbulb Memory

Retrograde Amnesia 

Anterograde Amnesia 

Infantile Amnesia


Retrieving Memories

Retrieval 

Recall 

Recognition 

Relearning

Retrieval Cues 

Priming

Encoding Specificity Principle

Context-Dependent Memory 

Mood-Congruent Memory 

State-Dependent Memory 

Testing Effect 

Meta Cognition 

Interleaving


Forgetting and Other Memory Challenges

The Forgetting Curve 

Encoding Failure 

Proactive Interference 

Retroactive Interference 

Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon 

Reconsolidation

Misinformation Effect 

Source Amnesia 

Deja Vu

Constructive Memory 

Memory Consolidation 

Imagination Inflation


Intelligence and Achievement

Intelligence

General Intelligence (g)

Factor Analysis

Fluid Intelligence (Gf)

Crystallized Intelligence (Gc)

Stanford-Binet                       Intelligence Quotient (IQ) 

Mental Age 

Wechsler-Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) 

Psychometrics

Standardization

Normal Curve

Valid

Flynn Effect 

Cross-Sectional Study

Longitudinal Study 

Cohort

Cattell-Horn-Carroll Theory (CHC)

Multiple Intelligences 

Savant Syndrome 

Grit 

Emotional Intelligence

Content Validity 

Construct Validity 

Predictive Validity

Reliable 

Test-Retest Reliability 

Split-Half Reliability 

Stereotype Threat 

Stereotype LIft 

Achievement Tests

Aptitude Tests 

Fixed Mindset 

Growth Mindset


Needed Terms/Concepts From Past Units

Frontal Lobe role in memory

Standard Deviation

Correlation Coeficients

Meta Analysis

P-Value (Statistical Significance)

Effect Size

Agonist

Antagonist

Serotonin

AcH

Dopamine

Norephinephrine

GABA

Glutamate

Case Study

Correlational Study


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